Isaiah 8:11-20

11For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:

12Do not call everything a conspiracy that these people say is a conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not be terrified.

13You are to regard only the Lord of Armies as holy. Only he should be feared; only he should be held in awe.

14He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, he will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be snared and captured.

16Bind up the testimony. Seal up the instruction among my disciples.

17I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for him.

18Here I am with the children the Lord has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion.

19When they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

20Go to God’s instruction and testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.